Fence



(No Model.) J' H.. PEARSON Y FENCE.

No.275,940. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

JAMES H. PEABSON, OF BLOOMFIELD, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 275,940, dated April 1*7, 1 883.

Application filed November Q9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. PEARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Green and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable oth ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ot' reference marked thereon. which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates toimprovements in fences; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a plan view Fig. 2 is a detail view, and Fig. 3 is an elevation, of a fence constructed according to my invention.

a a2 designate the panels, composed ofthe bars a' and the posts or battens a3 a4. These battons in the adjacent panels are arranged on opposite sides ot' the bars, as shown, and are extended a short distance above the upper and below the lower bar of the panel to provide means for securing the link b ot' Wire. This link b embraces the upper and lower ends of the posts or battens and clamps them tightly together.

In the operation of building my fence I lay the panel a in the position indicated in dotted lines at a5, Fig. l, with the bars of panel a rested against the battens of the panel a2, as indicated. l then secure the battens of the two panels together by the links b, as shown, twistingthelinkstolerablytight. Ithenswing the panel a around the panel a2, as shown, until the ends ot' the bars of the adjacent panels bear against each other in the position shown in Fig. l, in which position the link ot' wire will lirmlyhold them. The fence is thus given the proper worm, and the ends of the adjacent panels being clamped tightly against each other and held in this position by the wire links passed around the battens arranged on opposite sides of the bars, as shown, a firm, lsolid fence is furnished-one from which it is almost impossible to knock a bar or board on", and from which the bars cannot be drawn by the action of the sun and rain.

In turning the panels to give the proper worm and to bring the ends ofthe bars ofadjacent panels to bear directly against each other, the wire link is drawn into the battens, so that it will not slip off.

I prefer to place the panels, preparatory to turning, in the position indicated at a5, Fig. l; but it will be seen that they may be placed as indicated at a6 in the same figure.

In a fence thus constructed the vertical battens a3 a4 are secured on the outer side of the panels a a2, and, being brought to the proper worm, as before described, the corners or angles of the boards ot' the p'anel a will bear against the back of the boards of the panel a2, and when clamped in this position by the link b the boards or bars ot each panel will be pre vented by thcbracing produced by the construction and arrangement shown and described from being knocked ott'- the battens, to which they are secured by any ordinary knock orjar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, -and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

In a felice, the combination of the panel a2, having the vertical batten a4 secured across the outer side of the ends ot its boards, the

panel a, having the vertical batten a3 secured.

hi .minas n. Xs PnAnsoN.

mark. Witnesses SIMON LEHMAN, R. H. BURNETT. 

